Appendix G
IDENTIFICATION ON SAILS
G1.2
Specifications (a) National letters and sail numbers shall be in capital letters and Arabic numerals, clearly legible and of the same colour. Commercially available typefaces giving the same or better legibility than Helvetica are acceptable. The height of characters and space between adjoining characters on the same and opposite sides of the sail shall be related to the boat’s overall length as follows: Overall length Minimum height Minimum space between characters and from edge of sail 45 mm 60 mm 75 mm 90 mm
(b)
Under 3.5 m 3.5 m – 8.5 m 8.5 m – 11 m Over 11 m G1.3 Positioning
230 mm 300 mm 375 mm 450 mm
Class insignia, national letters and sail numbers shall be positioned as follows: (a) Except as provided in rules G1.3(d) and G1.3(e), class insignia, national letters and sail numbers shall, if possible, be wholly above an arc whose centre is the head point and whose radius is 60% of the leech length. They shall be placed at different heights on the two sides of the sail, those on the starboard side being uppermost. The class insignia shall be placed above the national letters. If the class insignia is of such a design that two of them coincide when placed back to back on both sides of the sail, they may be so placed. National letters shall be placed above the sail number. The national letters and sail number shall be displayed on the front side of a spinnaker but may be placed on both sides. They shall be displayed wholly below an arc whose centre is the head point and whose radius is 40% of the foot median and, if possible, wholly above an arc whose radius is 60% of the foot median.
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(b)
(c) (d)